UEFA Futsal EURO 2030: Record Seven Countries Bid to Host the Tournament
Futsal’s rise in Europe just hit another milestone. UEFA has confirmed that a record seven national associations have declared an interest in hosting UEFA Futsal EURO 2030 — the longest queue of would-be hosts the tournament has ever had.
The seven bidders are Croatia, Finland, France, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Poland and Spain. The bidding procedure was launched back on 29 June, with declarations of interest due by 13 October — and the response has beaten every previous edition.
Two former hosts, five first-timers
Only Croatia and Spain have staged the tournament before. Croatia hosted in 2012 in Zagreb and Split, and still holds the all-time single-match attendance record for the championship — 14,300 fans packed Arena Zagreb for the semi-final against Russia. Spain, the tournament’s most successful team with eight titles, have hosted twice, starting with the very first edition in 1996.
The other five — Finland, France, Georgia, Kazakhstan and Poland — would all be first-time hosts. Kazakhstan’s bid carries a special angle: it would take Europe’s top futsal tournament to Central Asia for the first time, just a few years after Uzbekistan hosted the FIFA Futsal World Cup. Almaty has already hosted UEFA’s club futsal finals three times, and Astana will stage the Under-19 Futsal EURO in 2027.
What happens next
A declaration of interest is only the first step. The bidders now have until 8 June 2027 to submit their final bid dossiers, and the UEFA Executive Committee will appoint the host in September 2027. UEFA also allows joint bids, so a co-hosted tournament is possible.
The race comes on the back of a landmark EURO 2026, staged across Latvia, Lithuania and Slovenia, where Spain beat Portugal in the final in front of strong crowds and record digital engagement. Since 2022 the finals have featured 16 teams every four years — and if the bidding war for 2030 is anything to go by, the tournament’s stock has never been higher.
